Inspiration comes in many different forms. As the writing continues, so does the search for new music to encourage it. Here are some playlist favorites. If you have any pieces that have gotten you over the hump, share!
| This is Why We Fight | The Decemberists (anything from The King is Dead) | |||
| How Come You Never Go There | Feist | |||
| Solsbury Hill | Peter Gabriel | |||
| Taint Nobody’s Business If I Do | Black and Blue | |||
| You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me | Cher | |||
| Sigh No More | Mumford & Sons | |||
| Here’s Where the Story Ends | The Sundays | |||
| My Love | Justin Timberlake | |||
| Work it Out | Jurassic 5 | |||
| Changes | Butterfly Boucher | |||
| Where is the Love | Black Eyed Peas | |||
Some suggestions from the past:
| Scattered Leaves | The Be Good Tanyas | ||||||
| #41 | Dave Matthews Band | ||||||
| Say Goodbye | Dave Matthews Band, again, and again, and again | ||||||
| Remember This | Grey Eye Glances | ||||||
| The Legionnaire’s Lament | The Decemberists | ||||||
| Just For Now | Imogen Heap | ||||||
| What If You | Joshua Radin | ||||||
| Flightless Bird, American Mouth | Iron & Wine | ||||||
| Congratulations | Blue October & Imogen Heap | ||||||
| The Places You’ll Call Home | The Ladybug Transistor | ||||||
| Never Think | Robert Patterson | ||||||
| Fear | Sarah McLachlan | ||||||
| Lion’s Teeth | The Mountain Goats | ||||||
| You or Your Memory | The Mountain Goats | ||||||
| Could You Be Loved | the Late, Great, Bob Marley | ||||||
| Apologize | One Republic | ||||||
| We Walk The Same Line | Everything But The Girl | ||||||
| Casey Jones | Grateful Dead | ||||||
| The Gulf of Araby | Natalie Merchant | ||||||
| Meet Virginia | Train | ||||||
| Reservations | The Old Ceremony | ||||||
| Billie Jean | David Cook’s Version from American Idol | ||||||
| Fidelity | Regina Spektor | ||||||
| Here With Me | Dido | ||||||
| Troy | Sinead O’Connor | ||||||
| Solsbury Hill | Peter Gabriel | ||||||
| Many Rivers to Cross | Toni Childs | ||||||
Katie Bartlett, Author 
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